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THE WEATHERV MR. MERCHANT k showers Saturday: Sunday nart'v Use our Business Local colur cloudy; moderate jto risk south inrwys MOTH V to advertise your specials In seasc winds becoming variable. ' able goods. One - cent a word and they bring results. .Ask the Users. POUNDE A,Da86r VOL. LXXXVI-NO. 70. WILMINGTON, K. C, SATURDAY MORlONGr, JUNE 11, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 13,318. 1 TO MARRY illl REVOKES THE GALL FOR LEGISLATURE Bankers Rally to Support of State in Refunding Bond Sale. Nearly $100,000 in Cash Prizes Await The Flying Machine -Men Vl I- "I .7' 1 EDITORS ADJOURN A GREAT MEETING PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR Issue More Than Subscribed as Result of Bidding at Raleigh Yesterday. Funds Will be Sufficient For All Purposes. (Special Star Telegram.) . Raleigh, N. C, June 10. Governor, Kitchin issued this evening his procla mation revoking the call of June 3rd for the General Assembly to convene in extraordinary session June 14th. It sots out that: "Whereas, the extraordinary occa sion which required said proclamation, has ceased to exist by reason of the fact that since the issuance of said proclamation, under new advertise ment by the State Treasurer, tae en tire issue of said bonds authorized by Chanter 399, Laws of 1909, has been subscribed, thus 'assuring sufficient funds to jay off all bonds maturing on July 1st, 1910. "Now, therefore, by and with the advice of the Council of State, I, W. W. Kitchin, .Governor of North Carolina, do hereby revoke said proclamation or June 3rd, 1910, do declare that no necessity or extraordinary occasion now rxist3 for an extra session of the Oeueral Assembly on June 4th, and hereby notify Senators and members ot thn House of Representauves of the General Assembly of North Carolina not to meet in extra session on said date." ' . Bonds Oversubscribed. That thera was 1435.000 more In subscriptions for the North Carolina refunding bonds than needed to take up the remainder of the July 1 issue was the showing made today when the final opening' of bids took place in the office of the State Treasure. It was a light-hearted group of State officials with a goodly company of 4 at noon for the openlngt)f the bids, wmigh as tc: what was in hand being known already to make it certain that the entire- fssue' was more than 'ab sorbed. The aggregate of the bids cloned today was $2,555,500. Thie; bids were from every part of the Stale, from private citizens, from banking institutions and other corporations. The lareest. of course, was from the American Tobacco Co., that beili for $1,000,000. From this amount the ranee was downward to 500. ' Thp State officers will now go over th bids carefully and scale down in h most equitable way possible so as to distribute the bonds in proportion . to the bids. , The following bidsJ were at par: Mis3 Rowe Wiggins, Wilmington, $29. W. L. Lyon, Bank Of Windsor, $lo.ono: First National Bank, Gasto nia. 110.000; Cabarrus Savings Bank, $i:,,noo; T. J. Leak, Rockingham, $10. 000; Jno F. Bruton Wilson, $10,000; Murchison National Bank. Wilming ton. $75,000; Fourth National Bank, of Fayettevilie, $25,000; Citizens' Na tional Bank of Raleigh, $50,000; Bank of Lewison. $3,000; Dr. Ferrebee, Ox ford. $15,000; M. T. Williams, Pittsbo ro. cashier, $5,000; Commercial Na tional Bank, Charlotte, $55,000: S. A Asho, executor, $3,000; G. A. Norwood, National Bank of Goldsbofa, $10,000; W. K. Walton, Bank of Morganton, $2,000; Fidelity Bank of Durham, $50, 000; Citizens' Bank of Warrenton, $5, ff"; Hank of Weldon, $10,500; Plant ers' Bank of Rocky Mount, $10,000; Merchants National Bank of Raleigh, $100,000; Citizens' National Bank of Henderson, $25,000; J. B. Owen, Hen dprson. $5,000; -D. Y. Cooper, Hender-' son, $15,000; Commercial National Hunk of High Point $25,000; Davis & Wilpy Bank, Salisbury, $6,000; First Aational Bank, Salisbury, $5,000; Peo- pl"'s National- Bank, Salisbury, $10, ooo; Bank of Rich Square, $9,000; Grff-nsboro Loan & Trust Co. $18,000; f;Trge W. Watts, $25,000; Bank of Wayne. $6,000; -W. H. Sv Burgwyn, $5, '""; Battery Park Bank, Ashevllle, $'0 000; First National Bank of Ox ford, in.ooo; R. J. Woodcock, Ashe vilK $5,500; Bank of Moore, $8,000; T; J. Little. Wadesboro. $5,000; Wa cliovia National Bank, Winston-Salem, Sl'- ooo; c. M. Vanstory, Greensboro, ' "oo; James T. Morehead, Greens o"io, $3,000; Bank of Madison. $5, Commercial National Bank, K'atrsville, $10,000; Brevard Banking r" ?.-i.000; H. D. Allen, $2,500; R. J. w illianiH Rocky Mount, $1,000; Frank JhMtnpHon, Jacksonville. $5,000; T. T. ' I if lis. "Henderson, $5,000; Elizabeth A Murphy Burgaw, $3,000; People's nk Newbern, $17,500; C. A. Ray r. Ashevillo, $3,000; E. E. Britton, w Ncwh and Observer $5,000; Wake J oonty Savings Bank, $36,000; J. 8. orr. Durham, $25,000; Pioneer Build '"K iioan Association, Greensboro, ?..on; vv. T. Lyon, Oxford, $1,000; J. v Hurton. Jacksonville. $2,500; Bank Horky Mount, $5,000; William P. M'-etH. Newbern, $20,000; J. W. Pur- Dunn. $5,000; W. T. Weever, Af h. ville, $11,000; Ella S. Williamson, "Mgh. $5,000;- Bank of Edenton $3.- Southern Loan & Savings Bank, "arlotte, $5,000; Charlotte National '''Ok. SIS.OOO' W M TJlr-raha ChSLV- """, $5,000; Mark B. Urquhaft, Lew "n, $3,500; Dixie Fire Insurance Co.. 'reenRboro, $100,000; F. L. Gladstone. J';'iiiiiton, $5,000; Southern National License Secured But Minis ter Refused to Perform the Ceremony. , OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON Miss Roscttelle, of Durham, Bride-to-be. Action' of Minister Caused by' Divorce Married Three Times, Divorced Twice. Washington, June 10. Brodio L. Duke, one of the tobacco magnates of the country, came quietly to Wash ington today to negotiate the fourth marriage contract of his career, and after 'carefully laid plans for the cere mony, ran afoul of a Presbyterian clergyman's aversion to divorce. Mr. Duke had planned to be married at 4 o'clock this afternoon to Miss Wylanta Roschelle, of Durham, N. C, where are situated his tobacco inter ests and his magnificent estate. The Rev. Donald C. MacLeod, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, had agreed to perform the ceremony. That "understanding was reached between the prospective bridegroom and the Presbyterian pastor about 9 o'clock in the morning soon after the we&Htfpr tobacco manufacturer arl his bride-to-be had arrived in the city Under the law of the District of Co lumbia, it is required that the name of the minister or marrying justice appear on the license application and the license before it is issued- Cogni zant of this provision, Mr. Duke ac companied by a friend, called on Rev. MacLeod .before he applied for his license. - Having arranged to be married In Pastor MacLeod's study at 4 o'cloc Mr. Duke procured the license. He gave his residence and that of Miss Roschelle as Durham,. N. C. his age at 62 years and her's at 28. The name of Rev. MacLeod was . given as the officiating' parson." So far the plans were running smoothly. Later in the day some seeker after news discovered that Brodie L. Duke, the tobacco man, three times married, twice divorced, and on several occa sions involved in marital difficulties, the chief of which involved trouble with his last wife, the late Alice Webb Duke, was to be married. This fact subsequently, was announced to the public through the newspapers. Warned of the forthcoming event re- poners ana pnotograpners gatnered at the First Presbyterian church. Half an hour before the appointment Rev. Mr. MacLeod arrived at the church. He entered his study and a few min- utes later came out and requested camera Dngaae to leave tne church yard. Summoning the repor ters he informed them that there was to be no wedding. "The marriage license bureau re cords show that you are to marry Bro die L. Duke," was suggested. "Well, I am not going to marry him here or anywhere," replied the pastor somewhat vigorously : "Have you refused to marry him on the ground that he has figured in the divorce courts?" "Well, that is not for me to say." was the reply. "You are a good guesser." Subsequently Rev. Mr. MacLeod de clared he did not know Mr. Duke and that when he had come to him in the morning and engaged him to perform a marriage ceremony he had agreed to do so, not having known the appli cant's marital history. When he af terward learned the facts he com municated with Mr. Duke and inform ed him that he could not officiate. The time for the ceremony was then drawing nigh and in order for Mr. Duke to be married in the District of Columbia it was necessary for him to 'procure another minister of justice I artA Ala Vila : namo on thu rornrda at the . court house. This he had not done when the license office closed at 4 o'clock, and no trace of the bridal ,f Continued on Page Eight.) Bank. Wilmington, $25,000; Commer cial National Bank, $35,000; Branch Banking Co.. Wilson, $5,000; New bern Banking & trust Co., $20,000; American Tobacco Co., Durham, $1,- 000,000; Alfred Williams, Raleigh, $1,- 000; W. H. Rand, Kaieign. ?z.&uu; v B. Arendell. Raleigh, $z,ooo: National Bank of Lillington $2,000; D. T. Poin- dexter. Raleigh, $5,000; A. L. Hay wood, Individually and as attorney, $20,000; R. J. Reynolds, winston-sa-lem, $150,000; First National Bank of Asheboro.. $5,000; Benton Koonce. Ra leigh, $3,000; E. H. Meadows, New bern $12,000; Joseph E. Pogue and J. T. Rowland, Raleigh, $4,500; c. in. Mason; North Harlowe, $2,000; Citi zens' Bank of Franklinton, $5,000; W. T. Buchanan, Sanfoffl $6,000; W. T. Buchanan, agent, $9,000; J. S. Carr, Jr.. Durham $25,000; National Bank of Newbern $31,000; Concord National Bank $5,000 Bids for bonds above par follow American Trust. Co.. Charlotte $5,000 for $5,001; C. C. McDonald. Raleigh $12 000. for $12,001; Raleigh Banking and Trust Co., $105,001; Greensboro Loan & Trust Co., $18:001 for $18,000; Nat. Bank of Alamance $5,000 for $5,001; Home Savings Bank. Greensboro, $10, 500 for $10,510.77; Merchants & Farm ers' Bank of Charlotte, $5,000 for $5, 001 ;L American Trust Co., Charlotte, $5,000 for $5,001. , ' 1 U f-V?,J ST&& " ' - ' '- -if !4I i . r ' i v luuiniiin iniiiM" iliiil m ii in. if 1 1 "- m v " ' wMmnmtymmmmaimm11' mr ...1 , Sfs- . -. n .- ! New York, June 10. The prize of $15,000 offered by Edwin Gould for the aviator who makes the longest flight in an ah? machine during the coming summer has started the air world going around in circles once more. Since the remarkable flight of Curtiss between Albany and New York prizes have , been offered by va rious cities that now total nearly $10'.W0 jn cash. This amount is to be increased, so it is said, until by fall men who fly for a living will have ravlv Sl'.o.ooo in pris to work for. Hamilton is out to break records in his round trip between New York and Philadelphia tomorrow. In the picture, left to right, are C. K.. Ham ilton, G. H. Curtiss, Edwin Gould and Wilbur Wright. MRS. CASTLE LIKELY KILLED Mutilated Body of American Woman Found in Italian Lake Some Doubt As to Identity Wowan Who Shot Lawyer. Como, Italy, June 10. The badly mutilated body of a woman, believed to be that Mr. Mrs. H. N. Castle,. who was Mary Crittenden Scott, of San Jose, Cal., was found in a trunk today submerged in a lake near the village of Moltrasio. Wrapped about the body was a piece of cloth which bore the initials 'G. L." and some letters found in the trunk written in English It appears that the woman In 1906 lived in 34th street New York City. The police, basing their opinion on wounds on the head, evi-: dently made by a blunt instrument, are of the belief that the. woman was mur dered and have taken into custody a Russian named Constantine Ispolatoff, 50 years old, whom they suspect of having some knowledge of how the woman met death. Several persons who had known the woman In life and viewed her body to day declared that she had told them she had been married" to Porter Charl ton, the son of an American naval offi cer. Charlton is described as being 23 years' old and is said once to have been a student at the University of Pennsylvania. The woman apparently was about 35 years old. When the body was found, it was re collected that recently a young couple had occupied a villa on the shore of the iake. Three days ago they disap peared and have not since boon seen by the people of the neighborhood. The woman spoke Erfglish. Her com panion attempted 'French, but obvious ly it was not uis native tongue. New ' York, June 10. Mary Scott Castle was an emotional woman with a spectacular career. She startled New York on August 3rd last by shooting : William B. Craig, a New York, lawyer, as he stood on "Peacock Alley" at the Waldorf Astoria. But her revolver was pathetically small, the bullet was deqected by a fountain pen in Craig's pocket and he was un injured. ' Mrs. Castle, trembling and hysterical, was taken to a police sta tion where, between sobs, she said that she had not meant to kin Craig, but that he had'done her a great wong. Craig, though inclined to reticence said the woman was in love with him and had-'pursued him. He is married and lives in New York, but could not be found tonight. Mrs. Castle was subsequently releas ed under. $3,000 bail, furnished by her brother, Captain Henry Harrison Scott, U. S. A. "who hurried hither from the South when apprised of his sister's plight. .The case never came to trial and Mrs.'-Castle was discharged in September last after Craig had appear- . it ii j i .. j j i: 3 ea-ueiore me granu juiy auu uwiiueu to press the charge. , Thereatter Mrs. Castle dropped from public view until dispatches from the West told of the granting of a decree of divorce at Nome, Alaska to her husband, Neville H. astle, a San Fran cisco lawyer. Mrs. Castle was a pretty woman and a brief stage career in New York interspersed her life of excitement. This was after her marriage to Castle which took placr in San Francisco more than ten years ago. She was 37 years dd and the daughter of H. H Scott, of San Francisco. Houston, VTexas, June 10. Twenty persons were injured and much prop erty, was destroyed by a storm which passed through Smith county late last night, according to meagre advices re ceived" ton;ght , BAD STORM IN THE INTERIOR Cotton Mill Struck by Lightning and Operative Killey Lumberton Streets Filled With Debris. Deluge of Rain. (Special Star Telegram.) Fayettevilie. N. C, June 10. During a thunder storm he about 7:30 o' clock this evening, the Holt Morgan Cotton Mill was struck by lightning and set on flue. James Garven, an op erative, was found dead near the en trance and is supposed to have been killed by the same bolt which fired the mill. The fire was extinguished without great damage. Lumberton, N. C, June 10. From 7 to 8 o'clock this evening this place was visited by the heaviest rain and wind storm accompanied by thunder and lightning of the season. The rain, which fell in torrents, was pre ceded by severe wind of only a IWit minutes duration. The streets in some parts of tovn are strewn with limbs from trees and the streets in many places flooded with water, making travel difficult. The telephone exchange is badly crip pled, many phones .being burned out, besides many wires being crossed. SALE OF RALEIGH BONDS Municipal Building Securities Com mand Very Good Premimum. Raleigh, N. C, June 10. Thirty year five per cent.., Raleigh bonds were sold today at a premium of .03076 and one year's accrued interest. The entire issue or $125,000 municipal building bonds and $25,000 refunding bonds were bought by N. W. Halsey 'Co., of New York, the premium being $4,614. There were, a dozen bidders from out of the State. The bonds bear five per cent, per annum. WOLGAST BROKE HIS ARM. i In Boxing Match With Jack Redmond Yesterday. Milwaukee, Wis., I June 10. After Wolgast and Jack Redmond had box ed tamely for six rounds tonight they started the seventh with Redmond chasing Wolgast ground the ring try ing .to land. Wolgast dropped his left arm and for the remainder of the round did not use it. After going to his corner he said his left forearm was broken. The fight, however, con-, tinued. OUTLINES. B. L. Duke, the wealthy tobacco magnate, of Durham, was baffled in his attempt to marry Miss Wylanta Ros chelle, of the same place, when a Washington minister refused to per form the ceremony after a license was secured The Democratic members of the House will not oppose the ap propriation of $25,000 for President Taft traveling expenses The Sen ate yeesterday listened to a tariff revi val of the last session, Senator Bever idge, being the principal speaker- Charles R. Heike, -ex-secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, was convicted last night in New York on one of the six counts charging conspiracy to defraud the government New York markets: Money on call easy 3 2-4 to -3 per cent., ruling rate 2 1-2, closing bid 2 3-4, offered at 2 7-8; spot cotton closed quiet, m;d dling uplands 15.40, middling gulf 15.65; flour easier; wheat easy No. 2, red 1.05 nominal, No. 1 northern 1. 12 1-4. nominal f. o. b.; corn spot steady No. 2, 67 nominal elevator domestic basis to arrive; oats steady, mixed nominal; turpentine firm. . . AGREEING ON RAILROAD BILL Conferees Believe Final Agreement Will be Reached on Monday Sub stantial Progress Made Yes terday Will Change. Washington, Juno 10. Conferees on the administration railroad bill had the aid of Attorney General Wicker- sham at both of today's sessions and it was announced tonight that there is a possibility of a final agreement being reached on Monday or within a day or two following. Thisupredic tion was made by both Senators El kins and Aldrich and even Represen tative Mann, of Illinois, admitted that substantial progress had been made. It was learned that tentative agree ment was reached as to the long and short haul provisions which will con sist practically of all of both the Sen ate and House amendments on this subject. The stock and bonds provis ion is to be-eliminated because of the assertion by the Senate conferees that they could not obtain the adoption of a conference report containing any provision for Federal regulation of the securities of corporations on account of the opposition of Democrats. The ascertainment of the physical valuation of railroads it is asserted will not be provided for in the con ference bill. During the day Mr. Mann submitted a substitute for the House amendment on this subject, but the Senate conferees characerized it as a "make shift" which meant nothing and which if adopted would subject the conference committee to general con demnation by supporters of legislation to an investigation of the value of railroad property. Mr. Mann has not entirely abandon ed hope of compelling the acceptance of some provision on this subject. President Taft, according to present indications, will win on only one of the three suggestions which he made to the conference. He wanted the .re tention of the House amendments con cerning stocks and bonds, the reduc tion from ten to six months in the. time allotted by the Senate mil to the Interstate Commerce Commission for the investigation of increases of railroads and the making ofi the sec tion regarding rate increases effective at once instead of a 60 days as pro- All of the members of the confer ence committee agreed to the wisdom of the latter suggestion because of, its application to notices given by rail roads recently of many proposed ad-, vances. The Senate conferees have told the President that they could lWt consent to the stocks and bonds feature be cause of their agreements with the demands. The insistency of the . sus pension of the increases in rates for ten months in the event that period was required by the Interstate . Com merce Commission to pass upon their reasonableness is a concession to "in surgent" Republican Senators. Several of the amendments adopt ed by the Senate as to the result of the demands made by theJnsur gent Republicans will be retained. These includes the amendcent plac ing upon the railroads the burden of proving the reasonableness of ad vances in rates. On the other hand 11 is understood that the Paynter amend ment requiring that both the old and new rates must.be shown .by the bills of lading and the shipper reimbursed for the amount of the increase In the event it was held to be unjust, would he dropped out of the bill. Senator Foster, the . minority mem ber of the Senate conference commit tee, resigned today and Senator New- 10 SUGAR TRUST OFFICIALS GUILTY Heike and Gerbracht Con victed of Conspiracy to Defraud Government BOTH FACE PRISON TERMS Heike Found Guilty on One Count and Gerbracht Convicted in Ail Six Counts Bendernagle Will be Tried Again. New York, June 10. Charles R. Heike, ex-secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, was convict ed tonight on one count of an indict ment charging conspiracy to defraud the government of customs dues on sugar. Ernest W. Gerbracht, former super intendent of the Williamsburg (Brook lyn) refinery, was convicted on all six counts. For James F. Bendernagel, the for mer cashier of the refinery, the jury stood 7 to 5 for acquittal. He will be tried again. This ends the government's second attempt to imprison the group of men responsible for the vast underweigh ing frauds to which the so-called trust has virtually confessed by the restitution of more than $2,000,000 in duty. Heike is the highest official of the company upon whom blame has been fixed and he now faces a possible sentence of two years in the Federal penitntiary and a fine of $10,' 000. He is 65 years aid and broken in health and spirit. His counsel is sum ming up declared repeatedly that a prison term meant nothing less than death. Convicted on all six counts. Ger bracht can be sentenced to twelve years in prison with a maximum fine of $40,000. He is 63 years old. All three defendants, who were un der bond were paroled in the custody of counsel until 10:30 o'clock tomor row morning when the court will hear the usual motiojv ;t in the cases of Heike' and Gerbracht, and, barring some . stay, will announce the time or sentence. The trial which ended tonight was started on May 16th with six defend ants included in the indictment. Be sides Heike, Gerbracht and Bender nagel, there were three minor em ployes Harry W. Walker, assistant dock superintendent and Jean M Voelker, and James F. Halligan, check ers. The trial had not progressed far, however, when the testimony so in criminated these men that their coun sel entered pleas, of guilty. They have not yet been sentenced. Bendernagel had been tried pre yiously with Oliver Spitzer, the jjar doned dock superintendent who testi fied at the trial just closed, but as was the case tonight, the jury dis agreed. Spitzer-got two years and four checkers were sentenced to one year each.. They are still serving time on Blackweirs island, out isp tzer, con science-stricken, made complete con fession and told a story that resulted in Hetke's conviction. The sixth count on which Heike was . found guilty charges him with. unlawfully and wilfully, coflspirin with Oliver Spitzer and others in mak ing and effecting and aiding in effect ing entries of raw dutiable sugar at less than their true 'weight, by means of false and fraudulent statements as to those weights prior to March Is:, 1907. Judge Martin, who presided at the trial, finished his charge to the jury at 10:24 o'clock this morning and the jury then began its deliberations. The verdict was announced at 10 minutes, past ten. after the jurors had deliberated for. 12 hours, minus four teen minutes. It was BendernageJ's case that caused the long session. Over his fate more than twenty bal lots were taken. JEALOUSY AMONG CHAMPIONS. Causes of Slump in Detroit's Playing Record. Pittsburg, June 10 The Pittsburg Leader tonight charges that the slump in the world's Champions is due to jealousy among the players. Presi dent Barney Dreyfuss' strenuous: de nies all the assertions. The Leader charges that Hans Wag ner and "Jack" Miller have openly declared war against "Jack" Flynn, the first baseman" and that these two players have made strenuous efforts to oust him. It is further asserted in the publication that the slump of the world's champions is directly due to this factional fight and not to the weather, as has been attributed by loyal supporters of .the Pittsburg team. Because Capt Fred Clarke selected Flynn in ,.place of "Bud" Sharpe for nrst base, tne puDiisnea story states that Wagner and Miller took up th cudgel against Flynn. President Barney Dreyfuss tonight issued a statement which' says: "It eoes against my grain to dignify such absurd fiction by denying it, but t will do so to save some of the club's friends from being misled. The entire story, from beginning to end, is an absolute lie. There is not a word of truthjlnjit lands was appointed to succeed him The Democratic members of the com mittee have not been admitted to any of the councils and will not be until until a complete agreement has been reached by the Republicans. Delightful Day on Steamer Wilmington Down the Cape Fear River. NESTSOFGIPT.JM.HWEB Baseball Game and Dance at Beautl. ful Lumina Resolutions Adopt ed and Final Business Sessions Held Other Notes. With a dance, unsurpassed In the annals of the far-famed resort for its brilliancy and elaboration, given com plimentary to the editors and their wives and daughters by the Tidewa ter Power Company, at Lumina, which. is as widely iknown as the beach it self, the S8th annual convention ot the North Carolina Press Association came to ,an end last night, and the only regret of Wilmington people is that the newspaper men, as a body, will not linger longer in their midst. A majority of the visitors are still at the beach and some have decided to spend Sunday there, but many left during the afternoon and evening for their respective homes. Yesterday was one of the biggest as well as one of the most pleasant days of the convention. Business was given but little consideration and all. - 1 I vv- X T. G. COBB Editor, The News-Herald, Morganton, N. C, 3rd Vice President of Association. began the day with a determination to enjoy themselves to the fullest ex tent, and they did. The events of the day began with a delightful trip down the Cape Fear river, with a brief stop at Southport; returning in tho afternoon in time for the baseball game, closing with the enjoyable dance last night. While on the trip down the river the association held two sessions at which important reso lutions were adopted and several mat ters of interest were -discussed. Notwithstanding the fact that a ma jority of the visitors were late in re tiring Thursday evening they were up bright and early yesterday morning. all appearing as bright as the morning itself, and after taking breakfast at The Tarry moore left the beach at 8:15 " o'clock, on special suburban cars, gen- -erously furnished by the Tidewater Company, for the city, where they embarked dn the handsome steamer Wilmington for a trip down the his toric Cape Fear river, as guests of Capt. J. W. Harper, the genial and popular owner of the steamer, who accompanied the party in person and was unrelenting in his efforts 'to pro vide for the comfort and pleasure of all on board. This was the first time many of the party had ever been. on a steamer- and It Is needless to say that to them no other feature of the convention was anything like as enjoyable. Many of the newspaper men had, never had the pleasure of a trip down. . the Cape Fear river before and they were deeply interested in the possi bilities of Wilmington and North Car olina upon the realization of the 30 foot channel project. They secured an abundance of data which will be used by them when they return home in advocacy of the deepening of the chan nel. This trip afforded the newspaper men Just the opportunity they have been wanting for a long time to make a personal investigation of the possi bilities of the river as a factor in tne commerce of the. State.- Arrangements for the boat trip y in the hands of a committee compos ed of Mr. Benj. Bell, chairman1;-Messrs W. B. Cooper. Z. W. Whitehead. R. P. McClaramy and W. P. Mangum Tur ner, most of whom were aboard- the steamer yesterday. They planned well and everything went off as smoothly as could be desired. Refreshments were provided in abundance for both, ladles and gentlemen and luncheon was. served aboard. The local manag er of .the Coco-Cola Bottling "Works generously gave the committee, with out solicitation, several barrels of coco-cola, which act was'g'reatly appre ciated. Business Sessions. Two business sessions . were ' held aboard the boat on the Journey down,, the river, being presided over by Mr. (Continued on Page Three.) , J'2 M i ! 1 ft w t I'i 1 ; ' by :' $ -:t tU r J'.!;-;'.. .! I 'I . Hi. '.': . '. l-fl -. f Ml . - -hp'" . I ': . . ; -.1 1 ! ...
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